A collection of Short Pieces, featuring local writers.

We all strive for connection, for validation, and to be seen. Connecting with each other is vital for everyone. Yet how often do we connect, even when we try our hardest? A wonderful and inspiring collection of shorts about the things that connect us or disconnect us from each other and ourselves.

The attic burns with secrets untold in our 800th Production!

In Polly Teale’s bold reimagining, Bertha Mason - the infamous “madwoman in the attic”- steps from the shadows and emerges as the living embodiment of Jane’s suppressed longings and rage. A daring interpretation that reveals the storm beneath Charlotte Brontë’s classic. Dive into Jane’s inner world and unearth the psychological battles between passion and restraint, duty and desire. Arresting and emotionally charged, this adaptation breathes raw, urgent life into one of literature’s most enduring heroines — a Jane Eyre like no other.

The attic burns with secrets untold in our 800th Production!

In Polly Teale’s bold reimagining, Bertha Mason - the infamous “madwoman in the attic”- steps from the shadows and emerges as the living embodiment of Jane’s suppressed longings and rage. A daring interpretation that reveals the storm beneath Charlotte Brontë’s classic. Dive into Jane’s inner world and unearth the psychological battles between passion and restraint, duty and desire. Arresting and emotionally charged, this adaptation breathes raw, urgent life into one of literature’s most enduring heroines — a Jane Eyre like no other.

When Jane Austen forgets the ending, the characters write it themselves...

What happens when the writer loses the plot? Emma Watson is 19, new in town, and newly cut off by her wealthy aunt. Sent back to the family home, she and her sisters must marry — and quickly. Otherwise, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: a lifetime trapped with their boorish brother and his dreadful wife. So far, so Austen. But here’s the twist — Jane Austen never finished The Watsons. Who will write Emma’s happy ending now? Brimming with wit, mischief, and a touch of theatrical magic, this sparkling play peeks under the bonnet of Austen’s world and asks: What can characters do when their author abandons them?

When Power Demands a Performance, the Show Must Go On… 

On the eve of a general election, the Prime Minister suddenly drops dead — or so it seems. Fearing electoral disaster without his charisma, two desperate cabinet members recruit an out-of-work actor to step into the PM’s shoes until the votes are cast. At first, it’s an amusing charade — a political performance played for laughs. But the role soon becomes dangerously real. The actor discovers that the Prime Minister wasn’t felled by a heart attack at all — he was poisoned. What begins as a playful deception spirals into a deadly game of murder, conspiracy, and ambition, laced with a wicked streak of dark comedy.

In Dolly West’s Kitchen, in the coastal town of Buncrana during the Second World War, meals are served with equal helpings of laughter, longing, and sharp-tongued debate. As her family wrestles with the personal and political battles, American soldiers arrive in town and new opportunities — and new tensions — bubble to the surface. Alliances are tested, forbidden desires spark, and the clash between tradition and change threatens to boil over. Both intimate and epic, Frank McGuinness’s play blends humour, heartbreak, and humanity, creating a portrait of ordinary lives caught up in the extraordinary sweep of history.